filipino films

The Sundance Film Festival, founded by actor Robert Redford, is the largest independent film festival in the country and it has been where many award-winning films started to build the buzz that eventually propels them to...

This week, Manny the Movie Guy shines a light on two recent award-winning Filipino films—one about fandom and the other, a documentary about President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Let’s see how he rates “Fan Girl”...

The show must go on for the Hawaii International Film Festival despite limitations posed by the pandemic. Some Filipino-made films made an impression at this year’s event. As Lalaine Ignao tells us, the people behind them...

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s movie “Lingua Franca” was one of the movies celebrated at Frameline Film Festival’s pride showcase this past weekend. Born and raised in Cebu, the writer-director-actress graduated summa cum laude in college and pursued...

It’s documentary by a young undocumented immigrant, which highlights the dire situation of those without legal status in America, focusing on the lack of healthcare access. Cover/Age, produced by the California Immigration Policy Center and written...

Quezon’s Game is the extraordinary true story of how former Philippine President Manuel Quezon, played by Raymond Bagatsing, risked everything to rescue more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazi regime. The film received a Texas-sized welcome...

It’s a remarkable story of survival and heroism that not many people knew about — and now the story that took place decades ago is hitting U.S. theaters this week, in Quezon’s Game, starring Raymond Bagatsing...

LOS ANGELES — It’s a remarkable story of survival and heroism that not many people knew about — and now the story that took place decades ago — is hitting U.S. theaters this week. Quezon’s Game,...

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

“Quezon’s Game” is a film that speaks volumes about courage. The central figure here is our Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, wonderfully played by Raymond Bagatsing. Matching Bagatsing wit by wit is Rachel Alejandro as Quezon’s...